​2012年高等教育自学考试外语教学法冲刺模拟试卷(1)

2012年高等教育自学考试外语教学法冲刺模拟试卷(1)：2012年高等教育自学考试外语教学法冲刺模拟试卷。本试卷总分150分；共有5类型题目

一、单选

Directions: In this section, you are given 15 questions beneath each of which are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You are to make the best choice either to complete the incomplete statement or to answer the question. One point is given to each correct choice.

1.American structuralism started at the beginning of the 20th century and was very popular and influential in the 1930s and 1940s throughout the world. The two forerunners were ______.
A. Bloomfield and Chomsky
B. Malinowski and Firth
C. Franz Boas and Edward Sapir
D. Halliday and Edward Sapir

2.Chomsky has made the distinction between linguistic competence and______.
A. linguistic performance
B. communicative competence
C. reading performance
D. universal grammar

3.The Grammar-Translation Method dominated foreign language teaching______.
A. from mid-19th century to mid-20th century
B. from 1920s to 1940s
C. from the late 18th century to early 19th century
D. from 1910s to 1930s

4.A Direct Method teacher is usually found using techniques such as______.
A. direct association and conversation practice
B. question and answer exercises
C. error correction and dictation
D. all of the above

5.______was Palmer"s core methodological principle in language teaching and learning.
A. Stimulus and response
B. Habit-formation
C. Form. and meaning
D. Meaning and situation

6.According to behaviourist psychology, learning a language is a process of acquiring a set of appropriate______ chains, a mechanical process of habit formation.
A. stimulus-response
B. question-answer
C. requirement-offering
D. negative-positive

7.The Cognitive Approach seeks in ______ as basis for second language teaching.
A. American structural linguistics and behavioural psychology
B. structural linguistics and cognitive psychology
C. functional linguistics and habit-formation theory
D. transformational grammar and cognitive psychology

8.The Audiolingual Method is a method of foreign or second language teaching which emphasizes the ______.
A. listening and reading before speaking and writing
B. listening and speaking before reading and writing
C. listening and speaking before translating and writing
D. reading and listening before writing and speaking

9.Krashen identifies three kinds of affective variables related to second language acquisition:______.
A. motivation, self-confidence and anxiety
B. comprehension, acquisition and anxiety
C. input, competence and self-confidence
D. situation, motivation and self-confidence

10.The book The Natural Approach: Language Acquisition in the Classroom was produced by______ in 1983.
A. Krashen and Halliday
B. Hymes and Wilkins
C. Krashen and Terrell
D. Halliday and Hymes

11.The Communicative Approach emphasizes that the goal of language learning is______.
A. communicative competence
B. analytical discourse
C. correcting errors
D. direct response

12.The first dictionary for students of English as a foreign language, ______ into which the classification of sentence patterns was incorporated, was published in 1953.
A. Guide to Patterns and Usage in English
B. The Advanced Learner"s Dictionary of Current English
C. A Handbook of English Grammar
D. Dictionary of Contemporary English

13.The phrase "context of situation" was created by______.
A. Chomsky
B. Bloomfield
C. Firth
D. Malinowski

14.The general objective of the Total Physical Response Method is to teach ______ at a beginning level.
A. oral and aural facility
B. oral proficiency
C. reading comprehension ability
D. translating ability

15.The schema theory is an important element in ______, which is action-based, more concerned with the process of learning than what is learnt.
A. Kellys theory
B. Piagets theory
C. Brunners method
D. Ausubels theory

二、填空

Ⅱ. Filling BlanksDirections: In this section there are 15 statements with 20 blanks. You are to fill each blank with ONE appropriate word. One point is given to each blank.

16.The ______ Method emphasizes on the importance of spoken language. Believing in the natural process of language learning and in the inductive teaching of grammar.

17.The Direct Methodologists believe that the best method of teaching meaning is the one using______ experience, generally visual perception.

18.______ is a theory of the mind put forward by Sigmund Freud.

19.The ______ Approach believes that the learner is the center of classroom teaching and language practice is the main form. of classroom teaching.

20.The ______ Approach emphasizes on natural communication rather than formal grammar study and is tolerance of learners" errors.

21.The ______ Method places emphasis on repetition, drills, positive reinforcement of correct language production and extensive use of language lab.

22.Traditional linguistics was ______ in nature.

23.Palmer focused on his main interest in the habit formation of foreign language ______ patterns.

24.The ______ model is the center of Krashens second language learning theory.

25.In order to contrast a communicative view of language ______ Chomsky"s theory of competence, Hymes created the linguistic term communicative competence.

26.The Communicative Approach attempts to follow the ______ acquisition process in the classroom.

27.The Natural Approach is to develop the learners" basic communication skills--both ______ and written.

28.The Audiolingual Method develops the separation of the language skills into a ______ device, that is, listening, speaking, reading and writing.

29.The ______ Approach emphasizes on oral skills; use of only the target language in the classroom.

30.The ______ Approach emphasizes on the conscious acquisition of language as a meaningful system.

31.In the Grammar-Translation Method, reading passages are planned around the sequenced grammatical ______ and vocabulary to be studied.

32.Ausubel believes that the ______ material will soon be forgotten because rote learning has little or no association with existing cognitive structure.

33.According to the behaviourist psychology, learning a language is a process of set of appropriate language stimulus-response chains, a ______ process habit formation.

34.According to the______ approach, language learning in real life differs from language learning in the classroom.

35.Since only ______, but not the mind, could be observed directly and objectively, it was the only proper subject of study in psychology.

三、匹配

Ⅲ. MatchingDirections:This section consists of three groups of pairs listed in two columns, A and B. You are to match the one marked 1), 2), 3), 4) or 5) in Column A with the one marked a, b, c, d or e in Column B. One point is given to each pair you match.

36.Column A
1) ______ the Direct Method
2) ______ the Audiolingual Method
3) ______ the Oral Approach
4) ______ the Communicative Approach
5) ______ the Cognitive Approach
Column B
a) cognitive psychology and transformational grammar
b) Notional Syllabus or some other communicatively organized syllabus
c) language acquisition and associationist psychology
d) British "structuralism"
e) structural linguistics

37.Column A
1) ______ the theory of language underlying the natural approach
2) ______ the theory of learning underlying the natural approach
3) ______ one of the objectives of the natural approach
4) ______ one of the techniques of the natural approach
5) ______ one of the main features of the natural approach
Column B
a) problem solving activities
b) to help the students to develop basic communication skills
c) class time being devoted primarily to providing input for acquisition
d) communications as the primary function of language
e) the monitor model

38.Column A
1) ______ the Oral Approach
2) ______ the Grammar-Translation Method
3) ______ the Communicative Approach
4) ______ the Cognitive Approach
5) ______ the Natural Approach
Column B
a) Krashen"s monitor hypothesis
b) behaviourist habit-formation theory
c) innate organizing principles
d) language as communication
e) Faculty Psychology

四、简答

Ⅳ. Questions for Brief AnswersDirections: This section has six questions. You are to briefly answer them. Five points are given to each question.

39.What is the most important aspect of language according to the Grammar-Translation Method?

40.How does the discourse theory explain the second language acquisition process?

41.What areas of language are emphasized by Oral Approach? What language skills are emphasized?

42.What are the principles and consequences of the Reform. Movement?

43.What techniques of the Direct Method do you think are useful in modem language teaching?

44. How should language rules be learned according to the Direct Method?

五、研究题

Ⅴ. Questions for Long AnswersDirections: The two questions in this section are to be answered on the basis of your own teaching experience as well as the theoretical knowledge you" ve learned. Ten points are given to each question.

45. According to the Audiolingual Method, should dialogues be memorized through mimicry of the teacher"s model? Why or why not?

46.Do you think the Direct Method could be used by all foreign language teachers at all levels? Why or why not?